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Let’s see what’s new with the current Air Force golden child – the F-22 Raptor;

• F-22 appearance at Paris Air Show cancelled at the last minute supposedly for availability
• Congress continues to ask the Air Force if they are willing to sell the Raptor to our closest Pacific (Japan & Australia) allies.

But probably the most interesting piece has been this press release out of Edwards AFB that announced that a team of their personnel had completed the Increment 3.1 upgrade two months early. The Increment 3.1 upgrade included;

• Installing a new Air to Ground mode on the radar
• Fit check for a smart bomb rack
• Fit check for the SDB (Small Diameter Bomb)

With this upgrade complete – does this mean we can really start calling it the F/A-22 now?